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package org.apache.camel.spi;

/**
 * Factory for creating out of the box {@link PropertiesSource}.
 */
public interface PropertiesSourceFactory {

    /**
     * New file based {@link PropertiesSource}
     *
     * @param location location of the file
     */
    PropertiesSource newFilePropertiesSource(String location);

    /**
     * New classpath based {@link PropertiesSource}
     *
     * @param location location of the file in the classpath
     */
    PropertiesSource newClasspathPropertiesSource(String location);

    /**
     * New ref based {@link PropertiesSource}
     *
     * @param ref id for the {@link java.util.Properties} bean.
     */
    PropertiesSource newRefPropertiesSource(String ref);
}
